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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do none of the pirates notice the change in the ship in Chapter XXIII?
(a) No one is aboard
(b) They are all asleep
(c) They are all distracted
(d) They are all ill

2. What weapon does Jim use to defend himself against Israel in Chapter XXVI?
(a) A knife
(b) A broken bottle
(c) A piece of splintered wood
(d) A pistol

3. Whose voice reveals that the stockade is controlled by the pirates at the end of Chapter XXVII?
(a) Abraham's
(b) Silver's
(c) Smollett's
(d) Cap'n Flint's

4. How do the men get ashore at the end of Chapter XVII?
(a) They don’t; they return to the Hispaniola
(b) In the boat
(c) They wade
(d) In a different boat

5. Who insists that the private conversation will take place with Jim in Chapter XXX?
(a) Smollett
(b) Livesey
(c) Trewlawney
(d) Silver

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the item Livesey discovers in Chapter XVI?

2. What does a pirate hand to Silver at the beginning of Chapter XXIX?

3. Who does Livesey speak to in Chapter XXII?

4. How many pirates are still alive at the beginning of Chapter XVIII?

5. What shows Jim where the stockade is in Chapter XXVII?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wants to throw the dead pirate overboard in Chapter XXVI?

2. Why do Livesey and Hunter go ashore in Chapter XVI?

3. What does Silver throw down at the end of Chapter XXIX?

4. Why does Jim take the coracle to the Hispaniola in Chapter XXIII?

5. What conclusion does Jim make about the crew of the Hispaniola when he sees it drifting in Chapter XXIV?

6. Why do the pirates not notice that Jim cuts the anchor rope on the Hispaniola in Chapter XXIII?

7. What does Silver tell Jim about Dr. Livesey in Chapter XXVIII?

8. Why is the boat hard to maneuver in Chapter XVII?

9. Where do Jim and Israel sail the ship at the beginning of Chapter XXVI?

10. What does Jim go looking for in Chapter XXII?

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